The Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in post-1750s Historical Fiction.  The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Goethe Book Awards competition is named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who was born at the dawn of the new era of enlightenment on August 28, 1749.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars before the 20th century, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For 20th century Wartime Fiction, see our new Hemingway Awards here. 

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Goethe Late Historical Fiction entries to the 2021 Goethe Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2021 Goethe Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists.  All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person. 

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2021 Goethe Book Awards novel competition for Post-1750s Historical Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

• Sandra Vasoli – The Masterpiece Pursuit
• J.G. Schwartz – The Curious Spell of Madam Genova
• Andrew Schafer, M.D. – Unclean Hands
• Leah Angstman – Falcon in the Dive
• Margaret Rodenberg – Finding Napoleon: A Novel
• Anna Bullock – The Companion
• Margaret Porter – The Limits of Limelight
• Pamela Nowak – Never Let Go
• Michael J. Coffino – Truth Is in the House
• Georgia Nicolle – Maiden Scars
• Paula Butterfield – The Goddesses of Tenth Street
• Adele Holmes, M.D. – Winter’s Reckoning
• Tammy Pasterick – Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash
• Ron Singerton – The Refused
• Alice McVeigh – Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel
• Jodi Lea Stewart – Triumph, a Novel of the Human Spirit
• S. Lee Fisher – Becoming Olive W. – The Women of Campbell County: Family Saga: Book 1
• Victoria Laurienzo – Toolie
• Drema Drudge – Victorine
• Sophia Alexander – Silk: Caroline’s Story
• Lorelei Brush – Chasing the American Dream
• Lee Hutch – Molly’s Song
• Julie Weary – Skeleton World
• Orna Ross – After the Rising & Before the Fall
• Alfred Nicols – Lost Love’s Return
• Glen Craney – The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History
• Bryan Ney – Absaroka War Chief
• Emmett J Hall – Runaway
• Jenni L. Walsh – A Betting Woman: A Novel of Madame Moustache
• Dana Mack – All Things That Deserve to Perish
• Pamela Hamilton – Lady Be Good
• Adriana Girolami – The Zamindar’s Bride
• Lori McMullen – Among the Beautiful Beasts
• Mike Jordan – The Freedom Song
• Florence Reiss Kraut – How to Make a Life: a novel
• Kathleen Williams Renk – Vindicated: A Novel of Mary Shelley
• Michelle Rene – Maud’s Circus
• J. E. Dyer – Barons
• Judith Berlowitz – Home So Far Away

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Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

Click here to see the 2020 Goethe Book Award Winners for Late Historical Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Goethe Book Awards for Post-1750s Historical Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023. 

Please click here for more information.

For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:

• The Laramie Awards for Americana Fiction 
• The Chaucer Awards for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction 
• The Hemingway Awards for 20th Century Wartime Fiction 

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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